The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-19
j. ]. Martin Writes a New
Dialogue for Working
People. l
A Conversation Between Father
and Son on the Issues Of
the Hour.
What the Aillisnaire Father Has to
Say to His Son About the
Workers.

For the Enquirer.
NorE; The son IL now some sixteen year
OF age. He goes on Sunday TO hear MyroI
w. Reed. Hc also attends the Social Leagu
and has leanings secretly toward the Inter
national. -
Son: Father. what are your views OF
co-operationf
Father: Cooperation be id. VIII,
do you ask such question ?
s. heard the men In the factory
talking about running the shop on the
cooperative plan
+. Hal the internal sconndrsls wha,
did they sayf
s. They said you were worth millions
and had made every cent Of II off theil
labor
+. Hal Ha Hs! the same old chest
nut, what else did they saw?
S. They said that the buildings, the
machinery and tools Of the factory were
the result Of their combined labor, and
thatifthe product had been justly shared
among those who did the work, you
would have got only your share instead
Of large part Of every other mans
share.
+. The deucel Rank Communism,
by the gods
s. They held and maintained that
unless q man worked or performed some
useful service to society neither should
heeat,
i. What Do they mean to say that
don't work.
=. Oh, no /; they said you worked
very hard-stufIing all tho money they
made into your own pocket.
+. Thedevil Anything else2
s., Yes; they said you verl,aded
your stomach with pate Do fol gfas, good
wine and other delicacies. which stimu-
lated amitiveness to such an alarming
extent that II made ybu dangerous
among honest mems wives and daugh-
ters.
+. Phew The impudeht scoundrels !
Anything elseY
S. Yes; they went so fur as to say
that their labor had furnished the gold
and trinkets with which. YOU and your
kind had allured some Of their daugh-
ters from the paths Of virtue and made
them outcasts.
+. This is getting interesting. Go on.
S. They said also that during the last
strike you had de6ed all Inv and justice
by bringing mn armed force, namely
pinkerton detectives, 70 intimidate
them and that these murderous cut
throats were sustained and paid out Of
their earnings.
+. Go on. 90 on.
S. They said that such action, sus-
tanned as II had been bv tie authorities,
showed that We were iying under q
military despotism OF the most virulent
type instead OF q republic as they had
fondly and foolishly been led to believe.
+. Anything further
S. Yes; they said that as long rs
they supported YOU in YOUR protiigacy
they were particeps criminis.
+. Hold on Did they actually use
that term2
s. Yes, sir.
+. Good God | didn't know they
learned Latin at labor mtatings. Wnat
next. for Gods sake2
s. They said that the money OF the
monopolist controlled the public press
the telegraph and other avenues Of COM
munication that the yIRsr thing they
were going TO do was to establish news
papers to voice their side Of the labor
question and thus educate public senti'
ment.
i. And then what?
y. They would then devise means ol
establishing cooperative factories OF oil
kinds aud institute exchanges on NJ
equitable basis, giving 70 each his du'
according TO the amount Of time or en-
ergy honestly employed,
+, This is getting quite serious,, Thos'
Socialists have got their work In. not
standing the nilllio We hav'
spent to ridicule aud crush them.
$. Socialists ! l didn't hear then
say ANYTHING about Socialism. D.
+. No; well, that's just where the'
have beat us. They have been inculcat
ing the principles without giving 1t thu
name. When Socialism first started "
sent up such howl against 1t throue
the press that It scared everybody Oh.
S. Then you bad better set up ne'
scafe-crow.
+. So We have; so we have. we ca
'em Anarchists We put up q Job n
Gently In Chicago where these fellow
were making too much headwsy. W
set the police onto them and hired
Pinkerton to throw bomb into the p'
lice and kill few Of them to give Us
pretense for jailing these fellows an
hanging them II possible, Tut II
scheme don't seem 10 work. They hav
vot monev enough IN atav proceeding